The Danube Strategy
Connectivity and Environmental
Challenges in the Danube River Basin
ICPDR
Philip Weller
Vienna, April 19, 2010
The Danube is a diverse region ecologically and socially
Water is an Element
that Connects
Water is an element that connects diverse natural
ecosystems and people.
Danube River
Protection Convention
Signed
on 29 June 1994
in Sofia - Bulgaria
DRPC is a legal frame for cooperation to assure
the protection of water and ecological
resources and their sustainable use in the
Danube River Basin.
Existing Products from
Cooperation in Water Management
• Transnational Monitoring Network (TNMN)
• Accident Early Warning System (AEWS)
• GIS - Data Bases of Ecological Information
• River Basin Management Plan (DRBM Plan)
• Joint Programme of Measures
• Flood Action Programme
• Sub-basin Flood Action Plans
Trans National Monitoring
Network - TNMN
Danube JPM– urban
wastewater development
Danube River Basin
Management Plan
Finalised in December 2009
Reflects
 Water status of the DRB waters
 Significant Water Management Issues
Includes
 Joint Programme of Measures
 Evaluation on measures
implementation
Enables
 Conclusions on investment and funding
Flood Protection:
Action programme & plans
Action Programme on Sustainable
Flood Protection in the Danube
River Basin adopted in 2004;
17 flood action plans for the subbasins in the Danube catchment
area prepared in 2009 based on
45 national plans;
FAPs list hundreds of measures
the Danube countries are going to
take to keep their citizens safe
against the flood danger.
Ministerial Meeting
February 16, 2010
Need for Intersectoral
Cooperation
Navigation
Energy – Hydropower
Water Supply
Agriculture
Nature Protection
Environment is an
Integrative Element
 Our goal is to work together with other
sectors ensure that the decisions of
those sectors do not damage the
environment and that synergy between
environmental protection and economic
development can be found
Joint Statement
adoped by
Danube Commision,
ISRBC and
ICPDR
Hydropower
Agriculture and LandUse
Key Factors in Affecting
Water Quality
DANUBEPARKS
ORF
Slogan: „Shared Waters –
Joint Responsibilities“
Danube Day – promoting
Danube solidarity
Partnering with
Business
For further information see www.icpdr.org
Thank you for your attention!